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Originally Posted by ken0042
Really? Because it didn't seem like to me that DIVX stood a chance. IMO DIVX only stood to benefit from the people who lived far away from major centres, and typically those people aren't early adopters of technology; never mind how few people live outside of urban areas.
Plus, my first DVD player supported both formats. (A circa 1998 RCA DVD player.)
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Being that the DVD standard was agreed upon by everyone, then near release a crappy electronics chain and an LA law firm decide they want to create their own format, yeah it was doomed from the start.
The big issue and reason for the anger everyone had back then is it slowed the release of DVDs from certain studios who thought DIVX might be a viable option over DVD. Divx was terrible, bare bones, and while as a novelty might have worked for some it was still a joke.
The Divx fiasco only slowed the early adoption of DVD, slowed/halted releases of DVD's from studios, so yeah it was a huge pain in the ass and those of us back then organizing writing campaigns were determined to make it go away fast as possible.
Least this time around you could see the Blu-ray vs HD DVD coming a mile away.
Anyways with the comment you bought a player that did both, you are voting with your dollars, especially back then.
This time around while our dollars count of course, I think this war is won in the back rooms and negotiations for the studios to choose sides.
But porn did choose HD, so that will be our winner if history is an indicator
